Isaiah 15

New American Standard Bible

Judgment on Moab

15 The pronouncement concerning ^(A)Moab:

Certainly in a night ^(B)Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined;
Certainly in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined.
²^[a]The people have gone up to the ^[b]temple and to ^(C)Dibon, to the high places to weep.
Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba;
Everyone’s head is ^(D)bald and every beard is cut off.
³In their streets they have put on ^(E)sackcloth;
^(F)On their housetops and in their public squares
Everyone is wailing, ^[c]^(G)overcome with weeping.
⁴^(H)Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out,
Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz;
Therefore the ^[d]armed men of Moab cry aloud;
His soul trembles within him.
⁵My heart cries out for Moab;
His fugitives are as far as ^(I)Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah,
For they go up the ^(J)ascent of Luhith weeping;
Indeed, on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress ^(K)over their collapse.
⁶For the ^(L)waters of Nimrim are ^[e]desolate.
Indeed, the grass is withered, the new growth has died,
There is ^(M)no greenery.
⁷Therefore the ^(N)abundance which they have acquired and stored up,
They carry it off over the brook of ^[f]Arabim.
⁸For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab,
Its wailing goes as far as Eglaim and its howling to Beer-elim.
⁹For the waters of Dimon are full of ^[g]blood;
I will certainly bring added woes upon Dimon,
A ^(O)lion upon the fugitives of Moab and the remnant of the land.

Footnotes

Isaiah 15:2 Lit He has gone; i.e., Moab, meaning the people of Moab
Isaiah 15:2 Lit house
Isaiah 15:3 Lit going down in weeping
Isaiah 15:4 Another reading is the loins of
Isaiah 15:6 Lit desolations
Isaiah 15:7 Or the poplars
Isaiah 15:9 Heb dam (a wordplay)

1 Peter 3

New American Standard Bible

Godly Living

3 ^(A)In the same way, you wives, ^(B)be subject to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be ^(C)won over without a word by the behavior of their wives, ²as they observe your pure ^[a]and respectful behavior. ³^(D)Your adornment must not be merely the external—braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or putting on apparel; ⁴but it should be ^(E)the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. ⁵For in this way the holy women of former times, ^(F)who hoped in God, also used to adorn themselves, being subject to their own husbands, ⁶just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, ^(G)calling him lord; and you have proved to be her children if you do what is right ^[b]^(H)without being frightened by any fear.

⁷^(I)You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with ^[c]^(J)someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

⁸^[d]To sum up, ^(K)all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, ^[e]^(L)loving, ^(M)compassionate, and ^(N)humble; ⁹^(O)not returning evil for evil or ^(P)insult for insult, but giving a ^(Q)blessing instead; for ^(R)you were called for the very purpose that you would ^(S)inherit a blessing. ¹⁰For,

“^(T)The one who desires life, to love and see good days,
Must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.
¹¹^(U)He must turn away from evil and do good;
He must seek peace and pursue it.
¹²^(V)For the eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears attend to their prayer,
But the face of the Lord is against evildoers.”

¹³^(W)And who is ^[f]there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good? ¹⁴But even if you should ^(X)suffer for the sake of righteousness, ^(Y)you ^[g]are blessed. ^(Z)And do not fear their ^[h]intimidation, and do not be in dread, ¹⁵but ^[i]sanctify ^(AA)Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready ^(AB)to make a ^[j]defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the ^(AC)hope that is in you, but ^(AD)with gentleness and ^(AE)respect; ¹⁶^[k]and keep a ^(AF)good conscience so that in the thing in which ^(AG)you are slandered, those who disparage your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. ¹⁷For ^(AH)it is better, ^(AI)if ^[l]God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. ¹⁸For ^(AJ)Christ also ^[m]suffered for sins ^(AK)once for all time, the just for the unjust, so that He might ^(AL)bring us to God, having been put to death ^(AM)in the flesh, but made alive ^(AN)in the ^[n]spirit; ¹⁹in ^[o]which He also went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison, ²⁰who once were disobedient when the ^(AO)patience of God ^(AP)kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of ^(AQ)the ark, in which a few, that is, ^(AR)eight ^(AS)persons, were brought safely through the water. ²¹^(AT)Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you—^(AU)not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God ^[p]for a ^(AV)good conscience—through ^(AW)the resurrection of Jesus Christ, ²²^(AX)who is at the right hand of God, ^(AY)having gone into heaven, ^(AZ)after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him.